The symbol of one political party is an elephant, known for its size, strength and memory. For modern elephants gone astray or rogue, forgetting is common, so factual reminders are needed to bring their collective memory current.

The following information released today by the White House is the best reminder so far of what the Patient Protection and Affordability Act [ACA] has meant just for Ohio. If you’re an elected Ohio leader who wouldn’t have voted for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act had you served in Congress five years ago, or who have attacked it since as a […]

Now that the Republican pols have returned to Benghazi as their equivalent of raising the Titanic with the sniffing of Clinton’s emails., you might find interesting this Associated Press report earlier this month which didn’t make much , if any, of a splash in the hometown papers. It began:

“The two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration officials.

“Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the […]